INTRODUCTION BY DR KATE HISLOP

The School of Design marked several important milestones in 2022. Architecture and Landscape Architecture courses underwent professional accreditation, both being awarded the maximum five year terms. As well, Landscape Architecture and Fine Arts each celebrated thirty years since the courses were introduced at UWA, and we look forward to the events to mark these occasions that will be held in 2023. Together, accreditations and anniversaries have provided us with opportunities to reflect on the evolution and future imperatives of these courses in particular, and on the direction of the School more broadly. We are excited to take this momentum forward.

It is a privilege once again to enjoy the fruits of our students’ efforts captured in this catalogue of work from the second semester of 2022. First introduced three years ago as an alternative when physical exhibitions were not possible, this series of digital records of student work from across the School’s many disciplines has been one of the positive outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic. While only a relatively small number of individuals have work featured within the pages, it is nonetheless a comprehensive account of the depth of ideas, range of approaches, and array of techniques explored and mastered by those in the Architecture, Fine Arts, History of Art, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design courses. Projects engage with Country, culture, context and critique. They are bold, sensitive, clever, provocative. Quite clearly and most reassuringly, in what can only be described as a time of global uncertainty, there is an abundance of energy, passion, care, curiosity and talent on show. We are all beneficiaries of the dedication and investment that students make in their and our collective futures.

Congratulations to all who were selected for inclusion in this catalogue: we look forward to seeing what you do next! And thank you to the inspiring group of School of Design staff who led units, mentored projects and supported students. Finally, my sincere thanks once again to the team of Lara Camilla Pinho, Andy Quilty and Samantha Dye, who have collected, compiled and cajoled to ensure the production of this catalogue. It is wonderful to have this edition added to the collection.

Dr Kate Hislop, Dean/Head of School, UWA School of Design